Date: 4/22/08
Contact: Marc Lebovitz
Fourteen students at Illinois State University have been chosen as Robert G. Bone Scholars for the 2008-2009 school year, according to Honors Program director Kim Pereira.
The Bone Scholarship, the highest university-wide honor given to undergraduate students, includes a monetary award from the Bone Scholarship endowment. Pictures of the recipients are displayed in the Bone Student Center, and their names are engraved on a plaque displayed permanently there. The 14 new Scholars will be introduced to University administrators, the selection committee, and to current and alumni Bone Scholars during a May 3rd luncheon. In the fall, they will be recognized at the University’s Scholarship Awards Ceremony.
The scholarship is named in honor of the late Robert G. Bone, president of Illinois State from 1956-1967. Bone Scholars are selected through a rigorous campus-wide competition on the basis of their scholarly achievements and their engagement and leadership in activities, in the university community and beyond. Invited finalists submit a comprehensive portfolio including several essays and statements, a project, and five letters of recommendation. The mean grade point average of this year’s Bone Scholars is 3.96 on a 4.0 scale.
The selection committee consisted of Beverly Barham, Cyndee Brown, Victor Devinatz, Patricia Olsen, Debbie Shelden, and Wendy Woith of the Illinois State faculty; current Bone Scholar Jennifer Hitt; Alumna Bone Scholar Patricia Berndt; Foundation Association representative Peg VanMeter; and Alumni Association representative Darrel Sutter.
The new Bone Scholars, and their majors, are Sarah Beth Albers of Freeport, a Special Education major; Patrice Elaine Baumhardt of Springfield, a Biological Sciences major; Michelle Elizabeth Carroll of East Moline, a Family and Consumer Sciences major; Christine Marie Doman of Downers Grove, a Communication Studies major; Kristiana Joy Escobar of Hanover Park, a Music Therapy major; Jack Glenn Fombelle of Atwood, an Agriculture major; Amelia Christine Gould of Rapid City, a Biological Sciences/Communication Studies double major; Jenna Nicole Grider of East Peoria, a nursing major; Tara Sue Hohulin of Normal, an English Education major; Molly McSherry Keith of Park Ridge, a special education major; Lindsey L. Miller of Normal, a Theatre major; Robin Faye Mina of Gurnee, a Special Education major; Amy Marie Sudhoff of Highland, a Chemistry Education major; and Sarah Lyn Trautwein of Wheaton, a French Teacher Education major.
